Rates of digital exclusion in social care are higher than in the general population, by Emma Solomon

COUNCIL bosses have hailed the success of a new service for people needing out-of-hours social care.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham says Labour’s plans to integrate health and social care are vital to the future of the NHS, especially in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal.

AN Oldham firm providing care in patients’ homes has closed following its loss of a council contract over “serious concerns”.

BASW has described Ofsted’s decision to inspect local authority child protection and services for children who are looked after under a single, combined framework as “puzzling”, and urges the inspectorate to reveal its evidence base.

Older people in poor health in England are almost three times more likely to feel lonely than those in excellent health, a study suggests.

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are backing the Foundation, with party leaders Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg providing their endorsements.

A senior Conservative councillor today demanded to know why a Horsham care home ‘that in relative terms is modern and new is now deemed to be inappropriate in terms of demand when set against the trend of an ageing population’.

A new president has been appointed for the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.The new president is Sandie Keene, director of adult social services with Leeds City Council.